Retail & Commercial

Heartland Financial USA in Dubuque, Iowa, posted higher second-quarter earnings after growing loans organically and through acquisitions.

Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, Md., plans to raise $55 million by issuing subordinated debt.

For most of the digital currency's existence, the price of a bitcoin has swung wildly. Coinapult is looking to remove this risk with the launch of Coinapult Locks, which pins the value of a user's bitcoin balance to a stable asset.

Following a wave of enforcement actions against global and national institutions, regulators are now scrutinizing the anti-money laundering controls of community banks, says Walter Mix, a consultant and former regulator. Examiners are raising questions about banks' transaction monitoring systems, as well as the documentation supporting decisions about enhanced due diligence (such as whether to file suspicious activity reports), he says.

Complaints against collectors logged in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s database rose in June but trailed April's total.

An FTC report outlines changes companies need to make to protect consumers from mobile cramming scams.

The FDIC tries to take itself off the front lines of the battle over Operation Choke Point by formally withdrawing a list of high-risk merchants.

Bank of Hawaii in Honolulu reported that second-quarter profit rose on growth in commercial and consumer loans, and from higher returns on securities investments.

Bridge Bancorp in Bridgehampton, N.Y., reported higher quarterly earnings following the acquisition of FNBNY Bancorp earlier this year.

Opus Bank's expansion into new areas of lending helped pushed its loans up 44% in the second quarter from a year earlier.